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Chinese symbol for “lisp”

大舌头
dà shé tou
Traditional: 大舌頭
(coll.) lisp; one who lisps

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lisp is 大舌头 (dà shé tou), defined as: (coll.) lisp; one who lisps.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
舌 shé
tongue; bell clapper
radical 135 ⾆ · 6 strokes
头 tou
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lisp”

WordPinyinMeaning
口齿不清 (口齒不清)kǒu chǐ bù qīngto lisp; unclear articulation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大舌头.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
舌头 (舌頭)shé toutongue; 个 (gè)
饶舌 (饒舌)ráo shétalkative; to blather
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)

See also: Japanese symbol for “lisp”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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